The following is a listing or "map"
of all the main subject pages and connected sub-pages found within this Historic
Glass Bottle Identification & Information Website. The main subject pages
are in bold capital letters and the sub-pages are listed underneath the related main page
title in smaller, non-bold lettering. (Recent significant updates,
additions and revisions to the site are noted further down the page.)

This huge (555 pages),
recently released work is one of the best "bottle books" there is for
helping with the complicated subject of bottle identification. This
book includes - for the first time in print - a summary of this websites (Historic
Glass Bottle Identification & Information Website) bottle dating key as
a chapter entitled "Summary Guide to Dating Bottles" by this author (pages
33 to 49). It also includes "Bottle Dating Worksheets" (pages 51 to
55) by Rebecca Allen and this author to assist in the systematic dating of
an historic bottle based on the information in that dating key as well as
other information on the website.

In part, this book fulfills this authors long time desire to have a hard
copy "field guide" version of this website for use by archaeologists (and
others) by having at least the dating portions available in printed form to
take to the field. Beyond that the book includes more
information about historic bottle identification (typology), bottle
production, and more than can be summarized here.

The
book is available at
www.lulu.com - search for "Baffle Marks and Pontil Scars." The book
is available softbound with either black and white or full color images.
It is also available as a downloadable PDF file.

All proceeds from sale of this book go
directly to benefit the work of the Society for Historical Archaeology!

Recent
updates, additions and revisions to this website

IMPORTANT
NOTICE TO USERS!

Currently, and ongoing for many years to
come, the
Bottle Research Group
is using this Historic Bottle Website to
exclusively publish new makers markings
articles as well as revisions of
previously published ones. This is
all directed towards
the eventual completion of...

Makers Markings Logo Tables - A major milestone in assisting with the
dating of historic bottles is the completion of the "Makers Markings Logo
Tables" by the BRG. This alphabetical listing of specific embossed
bottle/glass makers markings includes the marks used by various bottle/glass
making companies in the United States and Canada as well as some in England
and Mexico. The actual makers marking "logos" are listed along with
the name of the company that used the marking, the date range for the use of
that marking, and the makers marking article(s) that cover that particular
marking and maker. These tables taken as a whole constitute
essentially a "quick reference" dating guide to the makers markings found on
historic bottles!

*Final articles & logo
tables although
any or all could be updated in the future as needed.

Other recent
articles of interest:

Lockhart, Bill and Russ Hoenig. 2015. A Bewildering Array
of Owens-Illinois Glass Co. Logos and Codes.Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information
Website, E-published March 2015.
This is an important and substantive update to the now long-in-the-tooth
article (Lockhart 2004d) on the Owens-Illinois Glass Company and
its markers markings co-authored with Russ Hoenig, a now retired senior
engineer for the Owens-Illinois Glass Co.
This article is
available at the following link:
Updated Owens-Illinois Glass Company
article.

Lockhart, Bill, Tod von Mechow, Beau Schriever, David Whitten, Bill Lindsey
and Carol Serr.
2014. William Painter's Baltimore Loop Seal. Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information
Website, E-published January 2014.
This article is web published here exclusively for users! It is about
this late 19th century (but used into the 1910s) closure type used for beer
and soda bottling and invented by William Painter, who went on to much
bigger fame as the originator of the crown cap closure and finish.
This article is available at this link:
http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/BaltimoreLoopSealarticle.pdf

The following three articles are on very
commonly encountered bottles - Pitcher's/Fletcher's Castoria,
Bromo-Seltzer's, and Vaseline jars - which are useful to
archaeologists (and others) due to that ubiquity in that the many different
varieties of bottles used for the products can be reliably dated (within
ranges). This potentially allows for the dating of other historic
bottles and items found within the same context.

Lockhart, Bill, Beau Schriever,
Carol Serr, and Bill Lindsey with contributions by Joe Widman. 2014.
Pitcher's and Fletcher's Castoria Bottles - An Uncommon Study of Common
Bottles.Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information
Website, E-published October 2014.
Article on the fascinating history, bottles and (some) makers markings of this
well know product (Castoria) that is still in production (Fletcher's
Castoria) today.
This article is available at this link:
http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/CastoriaHistory.pdf

Lockhart, Bill, Pete Schulz, Bill
Lindsey, Beau Schriever,
and Carol Serr with contributions by David Whitten. 2014.
Bromo-Seltzer in the Cobalt Blue Bottles.Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information
Website, E-published December 2014.
Another exclusive article published here only; this one on
the fascinating history and bottles of another well know product (Bromo-Seltzer)
that is still in production today.
This article is available at this link:
http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/Bromo-Seltzer.pdf

Lockhart, Bill. 2015. A Tour Through Time in Vaseline
Jars.Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information
Website, E-published August 2015.
Another exclusive article published here only; this one on
the fascinating history and bottles of yet another well know product (Vaseline)
that is still in production today.
This article is available at this link:
http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/Vaseline2015.pdf

...possibly more to come in the
future.

Lockhart, Bill, Bill Lindsey,
Beau Schriever, and Carol Serr.
2012. New Insights from the Bottles Excavated at the Fort Riley
Hospital Privy. Privately published by Bill Lockhart & the Bottle
Research Group. This well illustrated work highlights the recent
reanalysis of hundreds of bottles and bottle fragments systematically
excavated in 1984 from a large privy at Fort Riley, KS. used from the late
1850s into the 1890s. The reanalysis resulted in the identification of
several previously non-attributed makers markings as well as provided a
significant amount of information to affirm and refine many of the concepts
and dating guidelines found on this site. This copyrighted work is available for sale as a softbound
book via
www.Lulu.com (search using "Bill Lockhart") or as a free,
downloadable .pdf file which may be saved or printed out to make your own
book for no cost! The file is available at this link:http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/FortRileyReport2012.pdf

Lockhart, Bill, Pete
Schulz and Al Morin. 2017. Milk Bottle Seals -
The Other Manufacturer's Marks. Privately
e-published by Bill Lockhart. "Milk
bottle seals" were an embossed designation on milk bottles during the first half
of the 20th century which were required by several states as affirmation or
guarantee of a standardized measure for the contents. They are
useful for the dating of milk bottles, especially in hand with the glass makers
markings. This fully illustrated e-book is now
available ONLY ON THIS WEBSITE as a series of copyrighted (2017) pdf files which may be printed out
to make your own book for no cost...thanks Bill!

Another significant
addition to this website, which will be ongoing for some time, is the
inclusion of a series of articles primarily authored by Bill Lockhart
on the early bottle making machines from the very late 1800s to the
first couple decades of the 20th century. These are highly
informative, interesting and well illustrated articles on the early
days of bottle making automation!

Bernas, Barry. 2011. The
Evolution of Jar Machine.(Originally privately published as part of
the 2011 Fruit Jar Annual.) This article is being made
available here compliments of the author and is a fascinating history of the
late 19th century evolution of wide mouth, press-and-blow jar making
technology and machines. Click on the following link to access this
article:
http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/evolutionjarmachineBernas.pdf

Lockhart, Bill.
2014. Frank O'Neill and the O'Neill Glass Machines. Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information
Website, E-published February 2014.
Another great article web published here exclusively! This article is about
some significant late 19th to early 20th century, press-and-blow, semi and
fully automatic machines that were eventually able to make narrow neck
bottles as well as wide mouth bottles and jars. This article is
available at this link:
http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/ONeillmachines.pdf

Lockhart, Bill and Barry Bernas.
2014. Turning Blue: Charles Blue and the Early Jar Machines.In the "Guide to Collecting Fruit Jars: Fruit Jar Annual 2014" by
Jerry McCann , pp. 19-47. Privately published.As noted in the articles introduction:
Charles Edwin Blue created the first
really successful jar and wide-mouth bottle machine. Between 1894 and
1912, Blue patented ten such machines, corresponding to the rise of
the Atlas Glass Co. – from 1896 to 1902. This study examines the
earliest machines – made by Blue and others – the manufacturing
characteristics they left on jars, and ramifications applied to
identifying early jars made by the Atlas Glass Co.
This article is available on this website at this link:
http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/TheBLueMachine.pdf

Lockhart, Bill, Beau Schriever, Bill
Lindsey and Carol Serr. 2014. The Ashley
Semiautomatic Bottle Machine.Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information
Website, E-published June 2014.
Yet another great article web published here exclusively! This article is about
what was most likely the first narrow mouth, press-and-blow, bottle
producing machines originating during the very late 19th to early 20th centuries.
These were nicknamed the "Johnny Bull" machines. This article is
available at this link:
http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/AshleyMachines.pdf

...more to come in the
future!

Suggested
references:

-Noted soda
bottle researcher Ron Fowler recently completed a website that
includes a searchable database of over 19,400
different embossed Hutchinson soda bottles that he has cataloged. It is available a this link:
http://www.hutchbook.com Although still a bit of a work in
progress (primarily the inclusion of bottle images though over
16,000 are loaded to date!) this website
is already a marvelous
resource for those trying to identify soda bottles and fragments as well as so much
more.

-In late 2011, a truly monumental work of
note was published for those interested in historic bottles. Published by the Illinois State Archaeological
Survey it is entitled
Bottled in Illinois - Embossed Bottles and Bottled Products of Early
Illinois Merchants from Chicago to Cairo 1840-1880.Click
Bottled in Illinois to read more about this book and for how to
acquire it.

-The following recent books are useful references on a class of largely English
made bottles used throughout their sphere of influence:

Bown, Tom A. and Chriss Addams.
2015. Glass and Pottery containers of the Royal Navy and British
Military: Historic and Archaeological Finds from the 18th, 19th and 20th
Centuries. First Choice Books, Victoria, British Columbia,
Canada. This is an excellent book on an amazingly wide array of
interesting bottles (and ceramic) containers made for and used by the Royal
Navy and British Military. Has great information on the "Broad Arrow"
(aka "Admiralty Arrow") marking found on most of these containers.
These bottles are found in many places in the world, though in particular
the Commonwealth countries like Canada, New Zealand, Australia, India and of
course the mother country Great Britain. The authors may be contacted
via
www.coffinisland.ca Copies of this book may be
acquired through Limebay Books, Victoria, B.C. by contacting them at this
email - limebay@shaw.ca

Burton, David with research by Christopher Mortimer.
2015. Antique Sealed Bottles - 1640-1900 - and the families who
owned them. Antique Collectors Club Ltd., Woodbridge, Suffolk,
England. This a very recent, incredibly comprehensive and massive (3
volumes, 1711 pages, and about 20 pounds!) work on the sealed bottles of the
world, which were primarily the products of English, Continental and
American glass makers. Thousands of high quality color images and a
wealth of historical information that is almost unbelievable in scope.
Highly recommended for anyone interested in the legend, lore and history of
sealed bottles...and anyone interested in a work on historic bottles that
stands head and shoulders above the rest. This work is obviously the
authors life work (Mortimer died in 2008).